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ISurrogateSelector Interface

.NET Framework 4.5

Indicates a serialization surrogate selector class.

Namespace: System.Runtime.Serialization
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public interface ISurrogateSelector

The ISurrogateSelector type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	ChainSelector	Specifies the next ISurrogateSelector for surrogates to examine if the current instance does not have a surrogate for the specified type and assembly in the specified context.
	GetNextSelector	Returns the next surrogate selector in the chain.
	GetSurrogate	Finds the surrogate that represents the specified object's type, starting with the specified surrogate selector for the specified serialization context.

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Remarks

Surrogate selectors implement the ISurrogateSelector interface to assist formatters in selecting surrogates to delegate to the serialization or deserialization of other objects.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

System.Runtime.Serialization Namespace

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